Through the course, I learned about leadership different styles and how they emerged and developed from the Trait Theories that focus on the leader characteristics to the Goal Orientations Theories that require collaborative methods between leaders and followers. As I mentioned before, I had always linked the leadership weight to the leader leading characteristics. However, I would argue now that leadership is gained through practice and experience and it is powered through followers. As a school leader, I will use a mixture of leadership theories. First, I will build my school on an ethical basement and then, I will structure a vision that is shared between everyone in the school. At this point of my study, I believe that the type of leadership…
Throughout my high school years, I maintained various leadership roles. The first of which was serving as a section leader in the marching band for three years. As a section leader, I was the example of how the section should act, present, and conduct them. I was also the captain of the golf and tennis teams, first leading by examples through my actions and then through my playing skills. At my home church, I am the Youth Director providing an example of how to live as a young Christian despite the temptation of peer pressure. While here at JMU, I am currently serving as a mentor at the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Boys and Girls Club to disadvantaged to youth. Just furthering my education beyond high school is the primary and first example of leadership. The kids at the club can look to me and see that I was once just like them but I’ve pushed through and maybe they can…
Leadership is one of the most important parts of my life that I am constantly trying to develop. One of my biggest leadership roles…
I have involved myself in a multitude of different organizations throughout middle and high school. With everything from experience in scouting, to coaching, to work with Habitat for Humanity, the importance of leadership skills has become evident to me. They have given me experience that has made me more successful in school currently, and I intend for them to help me in my educational endeavors at East Carolina University as well. The experience I will receive in the…
The leadership dimension I’ve identified as a weakness and area I’d like to improve upon is “Self-Knowledge and Openness to Learning”. When it comes to understanding what my limits are based on my own strengths and weaknesses, I fall short. I sometimes overestimate my own ability to perform and overextend myself, which can lead to me not meeting commitments.…
Mullins(2005) said “Today, leadership is increasingly associated not with command and control but with the concept of inspiration, of getting along with other people ands creating a vision with which others can identify.”…
My personality is good-natured, and my principle of communicating with people is to be gentle and to be a good listener. Meanwhile, I am particularly good at encouraging others and helping others. I also like to listen to other people's point and experience. Based on these characteristics about myself, I think I tend to be a servant leader. At the same time, in view of what I learned from the book and the lecture I attended on class in Week 1, I would like to explain why this stlye of leadership is fit on me.…
A leader is not a title earned for the sole purpose of bettering one’s position in society. After all, one cannot ordain themselves a leader, they must demonstrate themselves to be one to their peers and to themselves. Being a leader involves…
Leadership is a mode by which a person (leader) influences others (followers) to achieve a certain objective of an organization. A Leader is a person who influences others by applying his skills, knowledge and experience. Followers are the ones who listen to the leader, influenced by them, and follow their instructions. The key part in this process is influence. Influencing is the method followed by a leader to communicate their ideas, get acceptance of them, and motivate the followers to support and execute the ideas by change. If the leader has good influencing capacity, he will have many followers and they will adore him. If the follower has lack of motivation or if the follower is a new hire, the leader should take a different approach to influence the follower. This suggests that there are many factors involving the influencing process of the leader and it all boils down to the relationship between the leader and the follower. (Lussier & Achua, 2010)…
The first step I took towards bettering myself and how I view the world around me was to pick up this book and read it for myself, although it was required for class. I was constantly confounded throughout the text contained due to the certitude that I have never personally worked for a company that put this much effort in ensuring their employees viewed everyone around them as people, and that they would treat their customers/suppliers likewise. For me personally, I can strongly say that I am consumed staring at the walls inside my box knowingly because I am employed where I work with both egregious subject and those victimized by the crime. The last thing I think of is how I am going to look at others as people like myself. That is not to say I am unblemished nor outwardly express myself to be as such, but at the same time it has molded me into a person that does not easily confide in others I am unfamiliar with.…
Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2010). Leadership: Theory, Application, & Skill Development (4th ed.). Mason, Ohio: South-Western.…
In the future when I become a licensed counselor I may be asked to lead a counseling group, therefore, it is very important for me to gain as much experience or knowledge on the techniques and strategies which will enable me to be a good and efficient group leader. To help me accomplish this I was asked to observe a group meeting of interest and to learn from my observations. I was to be on the lookout for interaction, behaviors which I felt supported effective group work and interactions, behaviors that hindered effective group work, the group leader’s leadership style, if I would do anything different if I was the group leader, something that resonated with me and finally, how I would use what I observed later when on in my…
We realised that everyone could lead, just in different ways. We are made differently and each of us subconsciously displays our personal leadership style. We have to give each other a chance to display their strengths associated with a particular style of leadership when there is a need to.…
LEADERSHIP is the buzz word in today’s world. Everyone aspires to be a leader. However there is no magic formula to become a leader or a blood test to know if we have become a leader. It is an evolutionary process. This paper tells the story of some of the defining moments that shaped my ongoing leadership journey. The list of attributes for a leader is endless. Most importantly, moral and ethical integrity should be at the core of every leader. Influencing and Collaboration are my primary strengths. In my decades of experience, these qualities have…
Leadership is not only in a school setting but other professions requiring one or two people to direct others in a beneficial path. Pursuing a degree in administration forced me to reflect on the characteristics I see best fit when leading staff in the correct direction. Leaders are not born overnight, but take time to grow and perfect. Leaders not only are driven to benefit themselves, but also have a force behind them for the benefit of the entire school.…